The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-29 00:00:00

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We hope by Monday to avail ourselves of a great portion of his truly humane and excellent remarks. The Report of the Hull Dinner arrived too late, just as we were going to Press ; but it shall appear on Monday. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 0 minutes past Four o' Uock , y kiTi/ THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1838 We have just been informed that writs of Habeas Corpus have been issued this morning to bring up the Canadian prisoners before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE. The writs were obtained upo❑ the application of Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. THEOBALD as Counsel. Many of the prisoners are said to have bad no trial, and it is believed that others have been tried before incom petent tribunals. The former class of cases is obviously of great importance as involving the question, whether a person can be transported as a felon from this coun try, and by the British Government, without having ever had a trial. ith reference to a statement which we made on the 18th inst., on the authority of a Correspondent, t hat " there is a regular Sunday delivery of let ters at all th e pu bli c offices, and also to a levy favoured speculative individuals," we are authorised to say that it is not correct. Letters f rom some of the great towns are received at the public offices, but no individuals receive letters, 4441 those delivered at the public offices are not always read. It is clear that the country might be exposed to considerable inconvenience if the Go vernment, in these times of rapid communication, w ere left a whole day officially unacquainted with ev ents which might transpire on Saturday at Manches ter, or on Friday at Glasgow, after a rumour of t hose events might have reached London by some of the c ommon conveyances. A Sunday transmission of letters, therefore, is essential. to the Government, but they Come i n such a way, we are assured, that no improper 11 Se, with the sanction of the Government, ever is or ever can be made of any information thus conveyed. , It will be seen by re f erence to an article headed -` Coal trade," in another part of The Sun, that the 11 °nopolists are s t rugg li n g hard to get rid of the regu lations lately es t a bli s hed by the Navigation Committee t 4or the better supply of the market with coals, as well a s for the general accommodation of the ship- P i ng in the River. A society of shipowners 111 Sunderland have, it appears, taken a pro- Tht nent part in opposing the new laws. They t ags sent u p t o th e L ORD M AYOR a memorial con taining a long list of grievances to which they pretend t hey are subjected by the said laws. They complain, am ong other things, that the interests of the ship owners of Sunderland hav e b ee n sacrificed to those of the prop r i e t ors o f steam vesse l s an d d o ck companies 0° the River. Now only look at the absurdity of this c°4l plaint, an d t h e b a d f a i t h i n w hi c h it is brought for ward will be at once perceived. The object of the t:gulations which have given so much umbrage to the 'Linderland people is to expedite the discharge of coal laden ships,and thus to afford a larger supply of the a rticle at a low er p r i ce t o th e c itizens of London. This object has already, to a certain extent, been a tt ained. Ships are not now allowed to lie fifteen days lit the Pool, waiting their turn and feeding the market, 80 as to keep it little above the starvation point. Not °I)I Y has this time been abridged one half, but other measures have been adopted to facilitate the process of unloadi ng , while all vessels with purchased cargoes a direct allow e d, on arr i v i ng i n t h e Ri ver , to proceed ; r ect. to the pl ace o f di sc h arge . Now, how can the op erat i ng i n t hi s way m ilit a te against e interests of the shipowners ? The clear and _ .a vious interest of a Sunderland shipowner is, that . 118 ship should make as many voyages as possible 41 the year ; an d f or hi m to com pl a in of r egu l a tions t hat enabl e hi m to run hi s vesse l a trip or tw o more tha n he formerly did, is truly ludicrous. The truth, 1 .. t ,e appreh en d, i s t h at t h e S un d er l an d s hi powner s are 8 0 coalo wners, and that they are more i nteres t e d in 1 7 1 eeping up the high price of coals, than in getting an Increase of freight. Could they accomplish both ob jects, they would no d ou bt b e g l a d, but as they cannot d 0 that, they sacrifice the less to the greater interest. Our readers will perceive by the report alluded to t hat th e L ORD M AYOR went yester d ay , accom p an i e d by the Chairman and vari o u s Men-ebers of the Naviga tion Committee, down the river es far as Gravesend, to t 0 investig ate his own e ves the working of the new laws, and ° investi gate t h e matters comp l a i ne d o f by th e Sunder land shipowners. These complaints were found to be entirely destitute of all foundation. A G reat praise is (Inc to the - LORD I\LSYOR for his ,h,vours to put down this monopoly, which is so `l've.t.rirriental to the manufactures of the metropolis, and ieh trenches so deeply on the comfort of the middle if d . low er c l asses of the community. His Lor d s hi p, h e succ ee d— an d f rom w h at has already b een d one W e Mhav e no doubt he will succeed—will render his ayoralty more popular and more memorable than ati r on ° st any within th e re c ollection o f t h e present gene - NNT, e were enabled yesterday to lay before our readers, ; a Second Edition, the information that Mr. STE -O,IIENs had b een arreste d . S ome further particulars the p 0 4 roceeding s w i t h regar d t o hi m w ill b e f oun d i n ur communication from Manchester. We can say a r °thin g of the p ro p r i ety o f arrest i ng hi m , b ecause we b : perfectly ignorant of the language which is said to 7e been seditious ; but we believe that the public, though well pleased that he is now arrested, would arms, though supported by both law and Gospel, will certainly not recommend him to the class of persons amongst whom he will find his judges. It will be seen by our report, that no further progress, at the hour of the post leaving Manchester, had been made in investigating the affair. The precautions taken by the Magistrates, and the report that a number of other persons are to be arrested, imply that considnable alarm exists in the neighbourhood, and that other mat ters have attracted the attention of the authorities, be sides the intemperate language of Mr. STEPHENS. Amongst our Manchester intelligence will be found a paragraph descriptive of the exhibition at the Nfecha- nics' Institute there. Can the landlords, for whose pre sumed advantage the manufacturers are to be exiled or starved, exhibit any similar proof of the improvement of themselves, their tenants, or their serfs ? Where are the agricultural labourers' institutions ? In the beer shops. Where are the fertuers' institutions ? In the taverns, when they are rich enough to frequent them. Where are the landlords' institutions ? At the club houses, where they shake their elbows. The agricul tural societies have for their object to improve cattle, and the landlords can boast of no society to improve the people. If we get rid of our manufactures, if we extinguish our town population for behoof of the boors, if we even check its growth to preserve them in their stationary condition, we shall put an end to all social improvement. What discovery have the boors ever made ; what advantage have the landlords ever conferred on society ; what arts have they in vented or improved that we should coolly be asked to allow our manufacturing town population to go to other countries, that the lazy landlords may not be put to shame by their industry, ingenuity, and spirit o, .mprovement ? The poor terrified Anglican priesthood and their friends got up a meeting yesterday at Exeter Hall, to hear Mr. NANGLE give an account of the persecutions to which the members of the Achill mission have been subjected. After hearing a very eloquent description from Mr. NANGLE of the great sufferings he has undergone by hearing the doctrines taught by the Romish priest hood in Ireland, and by his not being allowed to convert the people to his own, the meeting agreed to a resolu tion expressing their " obligations to Mr. NANGLE for laying before the public the facts illustrative of the awful machinations by which the Popish apostasy is now endeavouring to support its power in Ireland." Who can read of the violent tirades which the Anglican and the Romish priesthoods mutually hurl against each other, because both are anxious to have an exclusive monopoly, without seeing at once that it is a breat quarrel, or rather a squabble which of the two shal securely and exclusively drill and Plunder the people There is no apprehension of the Catholic priests fe. in Scotland ; we hear no complaints of them in the United States; nobody ever dreads the proselytism of the Roman Catholic priesthood in Germany ; and whv, then, should there be this apprehension in England and Ireland ? Were the question resolutely examined and answered, Mr. NANGLE would direct his cen sure against his own order, not against the Papal priest hood. The source of the difference is that the An glican priesthood have preserved all the powers and doctrines of the Romish Church, but have appro priated its revenues to themselves. The Reformation stopped short here with a mere change of property, leaving the doctrines little altered. It is the revenue then which is the source of all the difference, and to put an end at once to the attempts of the Romish, and the tirades of the Anglican priests, politicians have only to unite with the Dissenters, and establish the voluntary system. The appropriation of the revenues, now misused by the Anglican priesthood, to some useful public purpose, would immediately and for ever extin guish the disgusting squabbles of the rival priesthoods. The Colonial-office has received despatches from Halifax, by her MAJESTY'S ship Hercules, arrived at Plymouth, dated the 12th inst. At that time the Governor of Nova Scotia, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, had just received despatches from Sir J. COLBORNE, which said not one word about disturbances at Quebec, as mentioned in a second edition of the Times, and which report, therefore, may be confidently affirmed to be incorrect. We cannot speak so positively of the report con tained in our City Article of a riot at Prescott, but we believe that it is totally without foundation. The last advices from Sir GEORGE A RTHUR are of Decem ber 2d, which make no mention of any such occurrence ; and it is not likely that this diligent officer would have allowed the Government to remain in ignorance of such an event bad it occurred, and had there been a possibility of sending the news to Eng land. It is, most probably, one of those many fabri cations for which the American journals have made of late themselves notorious. The Paris Papers of Thursday bring no additional intelligence relative to the prospects of the Cabinet. The silence of the Ministerial Journals at such a time indicates the hopelessness of the efforts making to dis member the Opposition. On Wednesday there was a meeting of the Committee of the Deputies upon the Address, when M. DUPIN showed sytnptoms of a de termination not to mix himself up with the fate of Count MOLE and his colleagues. The subjects under discussion, however, were merely of domestic interest, relating entirely to those paragraphs in the Speech which have reference to the internal condition and prospects of France. No resolution was adopted, so that the meeting was unproductive of any result. It was, however, agreed that Count MOLE should be requested to attend the Committee on Thursday to offer explanations relative to the foreign policy of France. As it is upon this policy that thewhole question of the dissolution of the Cabinet mainly hinges, the Mini sterial explanations were looked forward to with lively in terest. Here the grand collision will take place between Count MOLE and M. Tin ERS, and upon the result depends the pacification of the Peninsula, and proxi mately the probable tranquillity of Europe. M. MERLIN DE DOUAI, a Member of the Na tional Convention, died in Paris on Wednesday at the age of 84. I-I c was a Member of ~he Institute, and one of the framers of the Civil Code. He is said to have left valuable memoirs of his times, which, if have been more satisfied had the arrest taken place while the words censured were still fresh in the recollection of the speaker, the audience, and the re porters. Seine, too, of the public will be influenced by Mr. STEPHENS' having already, thoughlate, expressed a determination to attend no more public meetings. It ap pears, from the language lately held by Mr. F. O'C cN NOR and Mr. STEPHENS, that both these gentlemen were beginning to be convinced that they had gone somewhat too far, and were anxious to remain within the limits of moderation. On the 13th inst. Mr. STEPHENs addressed that vindication of himself, inserted in another part of The Sun, to the people of Northumberland, in which he announces his intention—because he was censured and opposed by the leaders of the people at Birmingham and Edin burgh, not to attend any more public meetings. He, therefore, had given up the agitation before he was arrested, and had his vindication not contained one or two strong passages, his retirement from the stage would have been considered, by an indulgent public, as a sign of repentance, which would have made him more the object of compassion than of anger. His avowal, however, of having advised the recourse to published, will throw much light on many recent poli tical events in France. The snow was so deep in Paris on Thursday morning as to impede the travelling of the mails. About noon it thavied, with indications of the setting in of a hard frost. Complaints of the dearness of broad were very general. The accomits from Madrid, received in Paris on Thurs.;:lay, were of the 16th inst. The mails for four (lays later were due, but the Government had received no intelligence respecting the cause of their delay. The prevailing opinion was that they were intercepted by Carlist bands who ravage the country from New Castile to the Pyrenees, while ESPARTEn.o is slutnber • ing in his camp, heedless of every thing but the gratifi cation of his avarice, his ambition, and his hatred. Thc.. petty Chiefs on both sides gratify the brutal instincts of their adherents by reprisals disgraceful to huma nity. It is no longer civil war, but an atrociou,i system of indiscriminate murder that prevails in Spain. The martial ardour of the soldier is succeeded by the desperate villany of the assassin ; and unless England and France speedily interfere to restore order, Spain will so exhaust her moral virtue, that a century will be inadequate to replace her at the point of civilization— low as that was—from which she retrograded since the commencement of Don CA ItLos' rebellion. FRENCH FUNDS.— PARIS, thiciointtet nye per Cents., 1091 60c. 65c. 45c. 50c Latest Prices-109f. 65c. Four per Cents., 101 E 80c. Three por cents. 78E 50c. lea Bank Actions, 2:625f !tone de Napes, 98f: 55c. 6 Ditto 2,65.ir. sc. 60c. Boman Five per Ce n t s. , 10 1 91 . % Spanish Actives, 16y; Spanish Passives, 3%. Ditto 16y: Belgian Five per Cents~ 99% Belgian Bank, o.'ol 585 f. 590 f. 1 - Paytian Lo'an, 350 f. Es.clismon on LosaioN.—One month, paper, 25E 15c; money, 25f P252e. Nree months, paper, 25f. —c. ; monsy, —E MANCHESTER THE REV. J. R. SiEPHENS. MANCHESTER, TEN O'CLOCK, FRlDAY.—Goddard and Shackell were the officers who arrested Stephens. This was accomplished yesterday (Thursday), just on his leaving Ashton on his way to - Manchester, perhaps on a visit to his friend Oastler, who by this, it is probable, begins to think that he has not much time left to roam at large. On the arrival of the prisoner at Worsley, the nearest Petty Ses sions to Leigh, it was discovered that Lord Francis Eger ton, could not act as a Magistrate, his Lordship not hav ing qualified under her Majesty Victoria. In this dilemma Goddard and a Magistrate's clerk were dispatched in a chaise, about half-past five, in search of some one in the Commission of the Peace, but they returned at a little past eleven, without being able to meet with one ! (surely they could not have been afraid ?) In the meantime Lord Egerton and Col. Wemyss were closeted, consulting no doubt as to the most prudent steps to be taken. A messenger, therefore, was early dispatched to Manchester for the military, and soon two troops of Dra ' goons were on the spot. Picquets were stationed at con venient distances all the way to Manchester. About twelve o'clock the prisoner was sent in a postehaise to the New Bailey, Manchester, accompanied by Goddard and Shackeil, and guarded by a troop of Dragoons ; another chaise con taining three reporters went at the same time in company guarded by half a dozen troopers. Stephens is in exceed ing good spirits, and seems to make very light of his situation. Lord Egerton's numerous workmen were then summoned, and they soon were stationed in different parts where any danger was app re h en d e d f rom d estruction to property or othrwise. HALT-PAST ELEVEN.--A placard is now posting, signed E. R. Richardson, calling on the Radicals of Nlanchester to assemble this evening in Carpenter's Hall, at eight o'clock, when an account of all that may transpire will be laid before them. Two o'cLoci.—From an interview with one of the London officers, it appears that there are many other war rants to execute in this town and neighbourhood. The names of course were withheld, There will be not less than half a dozen arrests in the vicinity of Todmorden. These vigorous though late proceedings give unmixed satis faction to all the well-disposed part of the community. I shall attend at the Carpenter's Hall this evening, and re port anything of consequence that may transpire, and which will he forwarded by parcels, to leave this at 3 a.m. Satur day. The Court will be an open one, so that I shall forward a full account by the mail, which will reach Euston-square about two p.m., on Saturday. THREF. 11 ' CLOCY.- —The Court, after hearing the ordi nary routine cases, called fur the case of Mr. Stephens, and then placed him in the dock. The Bench consulted a short time, and then adjourned the examination till half-past three. It will therefore be impossible to forward anything more by first mail. WE SHALL GIVE THE EXAMINATION IN A SECOND EDITION. IGE TO-N THE SUN, LONDON, SATITIIDAV, lA:CYMRU:II, 20, 183 g. STEPHENS' VINDICATION, LET HIS ENEMIES READ AND REPLY. BEING A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE PEO PLE OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM, IN ANSWER TO THEIR INVITATION TO AT TEND THEIR DEMONSTRATION AT NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 25, 1838. TO THE MEN OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURI-11m, IN DEMONSTRATION ASSEMBLED. Fellow.Countrymen,—l must forego the pleasure I had anticipated in being present at your Demonstration. It is due to you, who have honoured me with the invitation, and to myself, who am obliged to de_ cline it, to state, without reserve, the reasons which, after much deli_ beration, have led me to adopt a resolution, very much at variance with my wishes as regards the people of Northumberland and Durham, and with my hopes as regards the immediate prospects of the people at large. You cannot be fully aware of the singular position I have been re_ cently placed in--not by the factions, Whig or Tory, who have b ee❑ supposed to be the only political parties hostile to the people_ but by a large portion of the Radicals themselves, or their represcnta_ tires, who have always claimed to be considered, emphatically, as the people—the source of all legitimate authority and power. These representatives of the people in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and elsewhere, have singled me out as the object of their marked and most bitter attack. Without entering into any correspondence with me on the eubject—without making any enquiry of me as to what opinions I held on any given question, and in what manner, and for what purpose I had given expression to those opinions —in my absence—unheard—and without any opportunity afforded for explanation or defence—l have been ar_ raigned, condemned, and denounced as a man utterly unworthy theconfi dence of the people —nay, as a traitor to the cause:l professed to advocate With these persons I have no acquaintance. such a controversy I have no desire to engage, nor will I allow myself to be provoked into a quarrel with any. All the time, all the strength, and what little skill I possess, shall be reserved 'for the known enemies of the people--the parties, whose principles and whose practice have wrought such deadly evils in the land. With the people, or with the acknowledged leaders and friends of the people, I will not fight. But for what do they reproach—for what do they repudiate me ? What is the question, as far as I am concerned with it ? It is briefly this. Pardon me if I state it to you—for I wish to be distinctly under stood—in order that no one may have a pretext for hereafter misrepre. seating my sentiments or my motives, as too many have previously ap peared to think themselves authorised to do on almost every subject, with which I have been in anywise connected. It is true that I am but a young man, and, as one of my Judges ob. served, had no political existence, when he was already a prominent personage on the political stage. But, though young, I have done my best to understand the real condition of the people, my brethren and fellow.countrymen. I have given my whole mind and soul—now for some years—to the practical study of the wrongs, the wants, and the rights of Englishmen. A previous resident in the agricultural districts, where I had made myself master of the old ways, habits, and customs of the peasantry, I came some years ago into the very centre of the ma nufacturing population, and there, too, I made it my business to be amongst them—to be, as far as acquaintance and sympathy could make me so, one of the people. This knowledge of Ihe actual condition of the people, compared with their acknowledged rights and privileges as asserted by the highest authorities, and maintained by the ablest and wisest writers on constitu tional law, brought me to the conclusion that there was something so radically unsound in the existing state of things, that no abstract theory, no mere change in the framework of our outward institutions, could reach, much less remedy or remove it. Convinced of this, I came forward, at the call of the people of my own district, to vin dicate the national and common law rights of the poor—of the children, especially, of the poor—doomed by this state of things to the horrors of factory slavery. The claims of these children upon the justice, hu manity, and religion of the country I laid before the public, unconnected as I was with any political party, and independent of every faction— resting those claims upon the immutable foundations of benevolence and Christianity, the only unerring rule of right—the only spring of pure morality—th e only safeguard against national as well as individual wrong. In the same spirit, and with the same view, I subsequently entered upon the more extended field of moral warfare in the fearful struggle, which all are now more or less deeply engaged in—occasioned by the passsing of the Poor.law Amendment Act. My conduct on both these questions is before the country. My proceedings have not been equivo cal. I have always insisted upon the right of the poorest and the lowest —to be first fed, clothed, sheltered, and protected in their own home, at their own fireside—together—in peace, and enjoying plenty, in the land of their fathers—no matter what the form of its Government—no matter what the political institutions, by which that Government might be established, sanctioned, or controlled. I have said that the " poorest and the lowest should be fed, clothed, sheltered, and protected in their own home," _I never said, neither did I ever think, that the willing idlers had any right to subsist on the labour of the industrious; no—the old law of the land, with which I never quarrelled, had already properly sentenced them (the willing idlers) to prison. This right for industrious men to have a free and a happy home I held to be the cradle of all other rights. Nature, instinct, reason, com mon sense and common law, the constitution and the religion of the country—all conspire to teach and to secure it. I have, therefore, embraced every oppertunity of pressing it upon the attention of my fellow-countrymen—of the rich, to convince them of their immediate duty—of the poor, to show them their present privileges; to awaken the former to 9 discharge Of their limg-ibrgotten obligatiohs, and tc . i , arouse the latter t o an assert i on o f t h e i r l ong- f orgotten an d a b an d ot i cu hit thright ;—with what success let my enemies bear witness. Front the beginning of this career of moral agitation to the present hour, I have done my utmost to inspire all with a holy reverence for law and for religion—the landmarks set up in the olden time by the good, the Wise, and the great amongst our forefathers, by whom the fear of God was held to be the beginning of wisdom, the groundwork of all sound law, and the safest guarantee of general liberty. Vene rating, as I have always done, the ancient institutions of my country, I have taught others to venerate them also. Step by step I have trod. den in the Ibotmarks chalked out by the oldest authorities in constitu. tional law; and those who have walked with me, or who have followed me, know well the ground they stand upon. They know themselves to be right, and therefore they do not fear. With the people, in their respective hamlets, townships, borough towns, and counties, I have stood in lawful meeting—the folkmote of our forefathers. There we have talked these things over a thousand times, and a thousand times again. Resolutions have been passsed ; petitions have been adopted, the prayers of a loyal people have been constitutionally laid before both Rouses of Parliament, setting forth their grievances, and earbestly suing for the redress of those grievan. ces. These petitions, again and again presented, have been again and again rejected, I am :sorry to say, with scorn and contempt. Insult has been added to oppression ; mockery has been heaped upon their misery. Still following the course prescribed by the Constitution, I re.com. mended the people to meet again and to remonstrate. They have done so, and have Leen told by a Minister of the Crown that their petitions were powerless, because not written in letters of fire—their remoo. strances without weight, because not traced in blood. Thus spurned and defied by those who are called the representatives of the people, I then advised the people to make a final application to Parliament— praying to appear at the bar of both Houses—in the person of such men as they should appoint and delegate for that purpose—there to be heard in solemn appeal against the wrongs to which they were subjected, in authoritative vindication of the rights which the Constitution and the God of Nature had conferred upon them. No Member of the Commons House of Parliament could be found to present this last constitutional application of the people of England to their sworn representatives. What now remained for me to advise—for the people to pursue ? I read in the books of our law, and in the Word of God, that it was the duty of every man to be upon his own guard, and to take good heed to his own household. I found that the badge of a bondsman was the print of the lash upon his naked back—the mark of a freemin, the trusty sword, hung over the doorpost of his castle. cottage. What I found written in the Law and the Gospel, I spoke out boldly, to an awakened, a thinking, and a determined peop'e. I told them from the law books to arm for their own and their coun try's safety,—and from God's book—if there should be need—l said to them, " remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses." Against this Constitutional and Christian counsel a great outcry has been raised. I have been denounced as a madman—a firebrand —and a devil. I have been wilfully misrepresented, and have been most wickedly made to appear as a promoter of strife—an instigator of incendiarism and assassination; although it is notorious and undeniable that from first to last there has never been a single breach of the peace committed or contemplated by any one individual, at any one of the thousand meetings I have attended; many of these meetings held at night, most of them attended by thousands and tens of thousands of persons. The district in which I live—the heart of the manufacturing population—the scene of all my " violent" and "inflammatory" proceedings —was never known to be in so peace able a state as during the six or seven years of my residence in it. For person and property there is all the respect shown that law or reason could require ; much more than either law or reason could expect. I know full well that this great Constitutional question must be taken up—.nust be fairly and fully discussed. I was one of the first to open it, nor have I ever shrunk from the public avowal of it. I have been often assailed, but never answered. In the meanwhile I await the decision of the people upon it. I have nothing new, no thing more at present to lay before them. They know my mind—they have read my heart. I have never flattered them—never feared their foes —nor will I ever fail them in the hour of their utmost need. It is clear that there are traitors in the camp. I have been branded as the arch traitor. I leave it to the people to confirm or to reverse the sentence passed upon me by radicaLliberty-men in my absence, and without any opportunity of defence. As I said before, so I now repeat —I will not wage war with those, whom the people have chosen to lead and represent them. I never claimed to be a leader—l do not as pire to be one. If allowed to speak what I think to my fellow men-1 am satisfied—and shall then, having disharged my duty to the people, leave the people to follow the counsels they deem to be the wisest and the best. It would be folly in me for the present to appear at any more public meetings. To be denouncd by Daniel O'Connell—by Councilmen at Birmingham—Delegates at Edinburgh, or Associations in London, is a matter of perfect indiffer ence to me personally. No party can claim me—no party can injure e m . e. My opinions are b e f ore the people, and to the people I appeal. Time will give to those opinions the power their inherent truth has never yet failed to create. Till then I bid you all farewell—praying Sod to direct you aright in all your consultations, and to bless you in all your undertakings proceeding from his divine direction. With my warmest love, and most devoted duty to all my friends in canny Newcastle—and to the good men of Northumberland and Dur ham, in demonstration assembled, I have the honour to remain, yours truly and devotedly, JOSEPH RAYNER S TEPHENS. M ANSION-HOUSE. -(THIS DAY. CONVICTION OF AN OVERSEER UNDEU THE POOL-LAW AMENDMENT ACT.—Edward Stock/tam, the overseer of the parish of All Hallows. on-the. Wall, appeared before the Loan MAYOR and Mr. Alderman COPELAND, to answer a summons charging him with having refused to obey an order made by his Lordship, for the relief of a person named Mary Dodd, who had been found wandering about the parish in a state of destitution, Mr. Barton. the vestry-clerk, who attended on behalf of the parish, submitted that the case did not come within the Act, as Dodd was a vagrant. The Loan MAyoa said that where an overseer refused to give relief, a magistrate was empowered to issue a peremptory order, and the overseer so refusing was hable to be summoned. It was for Mr. Stockham to show why he had disobeyed the order. The Vestry-cerk said his Lirdship had made a peremptory order without giving the parish an opportunity to make any opposition, be. cause there was no summons. The Loan M.aron said the Act required none. If some relief had been given her, and the parish had brought the girl before the Magis trates, and proved her to be a vagrant, they would have committed her. The Vestry Clerk then objected that Mr. Stockliam was not the over seer of the parish, inasmuch as he had no appointment under the hands and seals of the Justices, be being merely nominated by the vestry. Mr. Alderman COPELAND— Are we really to understand that to be the defence to this order, when this person has really acted so long as overseer, and even attended in this Justice-room in that capacity. _ The Vestry-Clerk—That is the fact. Mr. Alderman COPELAND—As a Magistrate of the City of London, 1 will urge my brother Aldermen to go to the Court of Queen's Bench next term, and call upon Mr. Stockham to show cause why he exercised the authority of an overseer. The Vestry Clerk said the question might easily he settled" on a special case before the Court of Queen's Bench. The Loan Mayon—l'll bring it before the Court on your case. Mr. Stockham is the overseer to all intents and purposes, as far as the duty of overseer is concerned, and he appears to my summons as over. seer. IT not legally appointed, it is for you to show that in another Court. Mr. Alderman CoreLAND concurred with his Lordship in opinion. The Vestry Clerk-1f your Lordship thinks fit to convict, we shall carry the case as a personal act of your Lordship to the Court of Queen's Bench. The Loan Mavon—My brother Alderman agrees with me that it is a clear case against the acting overseer, and we therefore convict him in the penalty of 51. Are you prepared to pay ? The Vestry Clerk—No. The Loan Mal - oft—Then we will issue a distress warrant directly. Mr. Alderman CopaLasn expressed his determination to try the case bsfesre the Poor.law Commissioners. The LORD MAYOR was happy to say that this was the first parish in London, which had attempted any such defence, and he could not help expressing his astonishment that it had arisen in this case, NSOL VEN TS' COURT.- (THIS DAY.) AWFUL. PERJURY.—A case occurred in this Court to.day, in which a scene took place of the most determined, persevering, and scientific false swearing, on one side or the other, ever exhibited in a tribunal of public justice. A Charles Pearson applied for his discharge. Mr. COOK opposed f Arr. WOODROYEE supported. In answer to questions from Mr. Cooke, the insolvent stated that he had no property, and that, except one or two things which his wife in distress had pledged, he had not made away with any, A Mr. Cooper, the opposing creditor on a debt of GO./., deposed that he had accepted bills for insolvent, which had not been taken up, and whieh he (Cooper) had to pay. He believed insolvent had property, because he had shown him (Cooper) two notes for one hundred pounds each, which he kept in his shirt tied ul ,--- (A laugh)—and which he said nobody else should have; and the insolvent had talked about furniture which he had. Cross-examined by Mr. WOODROFFE—He took me aside in a public house, and took out his shirt and showed me the notes. There were seve ral persons in the room, but nobody could see him but myself. The insolvent being questioned, swore most positively that he had never shown any notes to any person ; that he had never possessed any notes in his life but two 5/. notes which had been lent to him before he went to prison, and that he had never talked about furniture; that lie had only one bed when he went to prison. A universal expression of astonishment pervaded the audience at .his exhibition. Mr, Wooettorra, on behalf of the insolvent, applied to have delay afforded for the production of a witness, to which the Court assented, and adjonrned the case for that purpose till next week. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- - ( ; fHIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 28. —Wind,N. N. W, fine.—Arrived and remain the Hector, Freeman, from Jamaica ; Commodore, Campbell, Hull; Her Majesty's Ship Russell Lisbon. Came down froin the River, the Achilles Nt , ale, for Sydney. PORTSMOUTH, DEC..)B.—Wind, N. W., light airs and fine. —Arrived Her Majesty's cutter, the Emerald, from Bristol. Passed the Georgiana, Rouchait, Hamburg, for Jersey. Sailed the Criterion, Wallis, for Liverpool ; La Finette, Caulet, Cowes; Georgiana, Maslinolick, ditto. PL MOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Duke of Cambridge steamer, from Dublin. Sailed her Majesty's ship Grecian, for South America; Rosalind, ditto; Fonrose, Calcutta; Eugenie and Clara ; Marseilles. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9 7.—Wind W. N. W. to N. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Mere, Harrison, from Odessa; Levant, Candy, Smyrna. Sailed the Forth, Baiter, for Leith; Stephen, Henderson, London ; Lord Oriel, ditto ; Marshall, Birch, ditto ; Atalanta, Banks, ditto; Samuel, Davey, Drogheda. LivEarooL, DEC, 27.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrived, the Mary Somerville, Hookey, from Calcutta; Mary Ann, Hatt°. gale, Pictou; Elizabeth, Gibson, Dalhousie; Lady of the Lake, Newfoundland ; Amelia, Mediterranean; Fenella, Wakelam, Malaga ; Lady of the Lake, England, Seville; Damsel, Abbott, ditto ; Crown, Richmond, St. Peterslourg; Johanna, Gezine, Rotterdam. Cowls, DEC. 28.—Wind NN W.—Arrived, the Doklein Kendern, Vander Meydern, from Vlarrinder; Dart, Clarke, Harwich; General Chasse, Rotterdam; Queen, James, St. Michael's. THE ROTUNDA, BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.-TiliS building, which has been used for almost every purpose, from a chapel down to an exhibition of legerdemain, the whole of which have proved decided failures, and most of them an intolerable nuisance to the respectable tradesmen in the neighbourhood, is now being fitted up as an eating house. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE Vr;S CITY (TIIIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. ARRIVALS THIS MORNING.—No french mail--ship letters from Bahamas, Coast of Africa, and Jamaica. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 28._Extensive as were the operations of last week, they have been exceeded this, and the spirit of speculation has placed our quotations for American Cotton J-d. per lb. higher th an th a t o f F r id ay .2 last, and -id. per lb. in other kinds. A very large propor tion of business was done on Monday last, the sales of that day being upwards of 25,000 bales. The sales to-day are 5,000 bags of all kinds—the Market rather lower than otherwise. Halifax Papers have been received to the 1 1th of December. MtnAmictir, Dcc. 4. —ln our last number we stated that the river was frozen across, but owing to the mildness of the weather during the greater part of the week, the ice rather decreased than otherwise, and but little intercourse was kept. up with the opposite side of the river. We understand the channel was quite clear up as far as the wharf of Alexander Goodfellow Esq., on Saturday ; and the boats passed at New. castle Ferry the same morning. ARRIVAL OF Tnoors.—Her Majesty's ship Hercules arrived on Friday night last, from Barbadoes, with the 36th regiment, Colonel Maxwell, with 360 rank and file. Major Cross died at Barbadoes on the 12th. The regiment disembarked on Saturday. We have received New Brunswick papers to the 25th November. The weather since Monday last has been quite winter; early on that day we had a fall of snow which has since remained on the ground, and the frost has been so severe that the steamers have discontinued their trips to Frederic town. These papers are of the same description as the Halifax. Prince Edward's Island Papers received to the sth De cember Charlotte Town, Dec. 4. Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy's Proclamation:-- " Whereas the writs for electing Members to serve in General Assembly for the several counties, and towns, and royalists in this island are returnable on Monday, the 10th day of December, " I have thought fit further to prorogue the said General Assembly ; and the same is hereby prorogued until Tuesday, the 22d day of January, 1839 , t o meet for the despatch of business, of which all persons concerned are required to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly." A report prevailed at Montreal, though not confirmed by any official dispatch, that the volunteers of Prescott were so excited that They overpowered the guard placed over the rebel prisoners, and put the whole of them to death. We have received the Pictnu paper of the 4th of December. Her Majesty's ship illidca arrived here from Quebec on Thurs day evening, whither she had been with the 65th Regiment; after taking in a supply of coal she left again on Saturday for Halifax. The French mail has arrived, but the letters will not be delivered before twelve o'clock. Accounts received, via Havre, from Monte Video, of the date of the 13th October, state that place to be closely in vested by Revira, and nothing could enter the town. Serious apprehensions were entertained of a rupture with the French, as it appeared that one of the French men-of-war, employed in the blockade of Buenos Ayres, was, through some acci dent fired into from the Fort, by which two sailors were se verely wounded ; and the French Admiral immediately do - mended the punishment of the officer in command of the fort. It is reported in a Second Edition of the Times, that dis turbances had taken place at Quebec; but it is not credited in the City. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 94 to 9-1 k for the Account. Reduced, 93i i ; Ex chequer Bill's, 64 66; India Bonds, 62 64; Bank Stock, 2031 202 A-. In the Foreign Market most of the prices are nominal as yet. Spanish, 16k i ; Portuguese, 301 I ; Three per Cents., 19;4 201 ; Belgian, 991-; Brazilian, 774; Mexican, 22i 23}; Columbian, 254 26 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 54i 55 ; Five per Cents, 100 f 101. The Portuguese Stock has rather im proved, done at 30i 31. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 93!g i„i, ; Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 per Cent -- Old Annuities — Ditto Red. lOOS , l,i New Ditto New i 3 per Cent —' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_ New 5 per Cent. ; Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ...... 63 64 pm. Bank Long A nnuities toexpire Ditto 5(0 Jan. 5, 1860 14 15-16?4, (Ditto Small 66 64 pm, Oct. lil, 1859. Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 1883 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 188 1 — Bank Stock for Account ...... -- April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ...,.„ Jan. 5, 1870 - Consols for Account — PItICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I).tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 95 , Si Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account — ' Ditto Accot qt. I6X 36 Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent Ditto Bonds, 1825 __ 4 per cent. Ditto Account -- ', per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... --- Exchange —l. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent 92!4 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan i Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Per share, 10 11 I3q Paid. British Iron Company Great Western !railway Company i6 Brighton Railway •..... ........... .... 14 London and Croydon Railw a y C ompany 2O Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 5l Colonial Bank 25 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YEsTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 I tiihraitar 4B Ditto, at sight Rottcrchim 2U. 12 4% , M ilan Antwerp... 31 Hamburg, M.B. 13 105( ! Venice 4a Alto ra Paris, 8 days' sight 25 50 Palermo per oz. 118 Ditto 3 111 s. 25 70 Li s b on 531,1 Mars e i l l e , . Frankfort on Maine, Ex. AL 1511' Bahia 26 Petersbuigh, ruble .3 Us. 1()% 1 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective fl ' 5 M. 10 7 Philadelphia 46 frieste......ditto lO 9 PRICE OF BULLION, YER OZ. Aladrld 56k Portugal Gold, c0in....... .0 0 0 Cadiz.... . 36% Foreign Gold, in bar. 317 105 Bilboa .... Barcelona Seville 36 i Silver, bars. standard.. - ... PRICES OF IRISH STO 3 per Cent. Consols 3 per Cen'. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 I 3% per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock ard 0 5 ICKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 27. Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 9:3% Ditto, 4 per cent. Hibeinian Bank 21.74 City of Dublin Steam Company - National Insurance Company - City Debentures, 4 per cent SO% Ballast Office Debentures, 4 per - cent HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals to announce to the present hour; and the account of a disturbance to Canada does not gain credit. The well informed say that it was not probable that the news could have reached Halifax at the present season of the year, when the Hercules left, as it would take from twelve to fourteen days' journey from Quebec to Halifax. The above report has not had the least effect on the British funds. Consols have continued during the morning at the opening price of 94i ; Reduced 93i 4 ; Exchequer Bills lower, 66 64; India Bonds alsrA 62; Bank Stock, 2031. In the Foreign Market some business has been doing. Spanish may be quoted a shade better, 164 17; Portuguese, 30. 31 ; Three per Cents., 19i 20 ; Mexican, 221; Colom bian,; Dut c h T wo-an d -a- H a lf , 54 4 , rather lower; Five per Cents., 1004 101. No business of any consequence has been done to the pre sent time in the Share Market, and prices continue much the same as yesterday. Consols for the Account, 94k. THREE O'CLOCK. Earl Fitzwilliam had a fall from his horse whilst bunting last week, which confined him for a day or two. It was not of a serious nature, and his Lordship is much better. We understand Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam is also gradually mending.—Stamford Mercury. SUMMER -HEAT AT COUTT'S.—A few days ago, we adverted to the improvements taking place in the bank ing -house of Messrs. Coutts and Co., in the Strand. Since then another improvement has been completed, one which the public will, we can well imagine, estimate as the great est of all, especially at this season--the introduction of co pious and steady currents of warm fresh air, into the body of the apartment pro bono publico. These genial streams ascend equably and continuously from morn till night ; and, what is still more to the purpose, perfectly pure, from Price and Manby's warm water magazine in the basement, and enter the bank by several ornamental apertures in the floor, which seem, like the magnetic mountain, in the " Arabian Nights' Entertainments," to exert a marvellous power of at traction over passers by. We shall not easily forget the expression of pleased astonishment with which a fat gen 7 tleman (who could not lean over to see how the seductive summer breeze took possession of him), exclaimed yesterday, " Strike me comfortable! I could stand here for a sentwyr We calculate that the bank must, in self-defence, this winter post a notice on every pillar, " Please keep moving." By the by, these pillars (cast iron, coloured to imitate granite), present us also with something new—painted scaglioli pre served by French polish. FIRE AT SHOREDITCII.--Last night about a quarter past eleven o'clock a fire of a most destructiv e de scription broke out on the premises known as the Caledo nian Coffee-house, situated in High-street, Shoreditch. Mr. Allen's premises were saved, with the exception of the roof, those of the Caledonian Coffee-house were totally consumed. THE REGISTRATION SHILLING. ---11l the course of an inquiry in the pari s h o f St. George' s , S outhwark, yesterday, relative to the no n - payment of poor-rates, it ap peared that a large number of the inhabitants had tendered the amount of the poor rate, but had refused to pay the re gistration shilling, and that, under these circumstanced, the collectors had refused to take the former amount. After a long discussion several of th e o bj ectors declared that it was their determination not to pay the shilling, and if a levy of distress was made th ey would bring an action, and thus oh tain the opini o n o f t h e superior courts on the question. We regret to learn that Lady Morgan's e . yes conti nue in so we a k a state as to oblige her to abstain from all literary avocations. THE MAIt iTHIS oAy.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day there was but a short supply trade was inactivepricei higher. Plants, 4s. t o s s. 6d. per dozen ; Asparagus, 7s. to n ad I2s. per bundle; Celery, Is. 0,1. to Is. 6d. per bundle; Onions, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d per sieve; Carrots, ss. to 7s. per dozen ; Brocoli, 2s. Bd. to 4s. per bundle; Turnips, 2d. per bunch ; Oranges, ss. to 9s. per one hundred; Lemons, Gs. to 10s. ; Aspics, 4s. to 20s. per bushel ; Cabbages, Is. 6d, to Is. 9d. per dozen; Spinach, 2s. to 2s. 9d. per sieve; French Beans, 53. to Ps. per hundred. NE WGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat of all kinds in fair supply, and trade dull. Prices lower• Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d.; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. and 45.; Veal. 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. and 55.; Park, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d.; Irish, 35. to 3s. ed- Poultry and game not in large supply. Trade very dull, and prices all lower. Hares, 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. each ; Turkeys, 3s. 6d. to 12s. f Leverets, ls. Gd. to 2s. 6d. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Wild Ducks, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls, 3s. to 55.; Geese, 3s. to Gs. ; Black Game. 3s. 6d. ; Grouse, 2s. 6d. ; Teal, Is. to Is. Gd.; Wigeon, Is. to Is. (id.; Woodcocks, 4s ; Pheasants, 3s. to 4s. Eggs in fair supply, and prices' 9s. to 126. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. The supplies to-day were equal to the demand. Fish— Turbot 7s. to Iss. and 255. each; Cod 25., 55., and 10s.; Soles Is. to 35., and 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters Is. to 4s. each. Beef lid. to Bid. ; Veal Bd. to 9id. ; Pork 7id. to 81cl. per lb. ----- LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARF:ET, DEC. 28—There has been only a limited demand for butter this week, but the sales made are on as good terms as last week. There is a fair business to report in bacon at full prices. Lard is saleable at fully as much money. Choice Hams meet ready sale at rather higher prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET. —There has been a uniform fair demand fer most kinds of wool through the week at full prices. Staplers are quite firm in their demands, and there is no prospect of any decline for some time to come. BRADFORD, TIII`RSDAY.—In the absence of a better reason, we must assign the little business done to-day to the Christ.. mas week, one which generally has been found inferior as to the amount of business done. The prices are stationary. Yarns—This department of our trade is still brisk, which ap parently feels none of the effects of the piece market at this season ; demand good, and prices quite buoyant. Wools-- There has been rather less doing in wools this week, and though staplers are supposed to be in good stock, great firm ness in price is still manifest. It would not cause much sur prise were some kinds to go up a trifle more. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. TILE COTTON TRADE.—Perhaps for many years past there was never sold in any one day a larger quantity of grey cloth than on Wednesday, and at a little advance on the rates of last week. The public, however, ought not to be led astray by supposing that this unusual demand has arisen from any legitimate cause. It is evidently the result of some very large operations in the Liverpool Cotton Market by speculators, who will, no doubt, take out of the m:irket during the week at least 40,000 bags. The prices are 12 or 15 per cent. higher now than they were a month ago. Exports of yarns have also been to a large extent, and prices are Id. per lb. higher than last week. This activity must also be placed to the account of the speculators. LITERATURE. SIIAKSPEARE'S - WORKS. Plnr I. Moron, London, 1838. We noticed this work (which is edited by Mr. Camp bell) in its complete form, ofone thick octavo volume, some weeks since in The Sun ; we need, therefore, only say on the present occasion that it is proposed to republish it in twelve monthly parts, at one shilling and sixpence each, of which the present Part is the first. PAUL AND VIRGINIA. Smith, London, 1838. A republication of St. Pierre's well known tale, to, which is added Madame Cottin's equally popular " Exile of Siberia," both of which form a number of Smith's Standard Library Edition—a cheap and entertaining miscellany. BRIGHTON. FRIDAY.—The Queen has not been in public to-day, but walked in the Palace grounds about mid-day, attended by the Baroness Lehzen. The Duchess of Kent, attencit7: l by Miss Pitt, drove out in her carriage, and the Royal suite gruerally were out on horseback. Lady Mary Stopford and the Hon. Berkeley Paget are in the departure list for London. Miss Spring Rice succeeded Miss Murray to-day as Maid of Honour to the Queen. Lord Melbourne and the Hon. G. Byng are invited to dine with her Majesty this evening. Mr. Spring Rice has left for town. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, went to Coombe-wood, yesterday morning, and spent the day shooting. His Royal Highness returned to Cambridge House in the evening. Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, Mr. George Fife Angus, and Mr. Langslow, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial-office. - A messenger was sent off from the Foreign-office on Thursday with dispatches for the Earl of Clarendon, Ali. nister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid. The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville entertained the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, Lady De Dunstanville, Lady Davy, Earl Clare, Lord J. Fitzroy, Sir Charles Bacot, and Mr. F. Lewis, at dinner on Wednesday at his residence in Cleveland-square. Sir John, Lady, and Miss Shelley left town yesterday on a visit to the Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. North, and Miss Shuttleworth left Farrance's Hotel yesterday for East Lodge, Hastings. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Breadalbane and the Hon. Miss Baillie, in Park-lane, from Brighton; the Countess of Bridgewater, in Grosvenor-square, from her seat, Ashridge, near Hemel Hempstead, Herts; Viscount Ossulston, M. P., in Grosvenor square, from the family seat, ChiHingham Castle, Northum berland ; the Dowager Lady Brownlow and the Hon. Miss Cust, in Hill-street, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Baron Lowenberg, Grand Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort; the Marquis of Bristol. from St. James's-square, for his scat, Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's ; Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, from the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Easthampstead Park, Berks; the Hon. Mrs. Leslie Cuming and the Misses Miller, and Lady Cuningham and Miss Cuningham. from Warne's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for!Bath ; Sir Wm. Elliot, from ditto, for Surrey. CHANGES. Lord Granville Somerset, M. P.. at Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, from his scat in Wales ; Mr. P. St. John Mildmay, at Dogmersfield Park, on a visit to Lady Mildmay, from his seat Eastgate House, Winchester; the Earl and Countess of Hillsborough, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, at their seat, Combermere Abbey, Cheshire; the Earl Fitzailliam, accompanied by Viscount and Viscountess Milton and family, at Milton, his seat,;near Peterborough, from Wentworth House, the family seat in Yorkshire; the Countess of Kintore, at Bazterley Hall, near Atherstone, from the family seat in Aberdeenshire. Mr. E. Wootton, of Tile Lodge Farm, Sturry, as has been his usual custom at this season of the year, distri buted thirteen score of beef to his poorer neighbours and workmen. Mrs. H. Plumptre, of St. Stephen's, Canter bury, distributed on Monday, to many poor families, meat and bread to the amount of ten guineas. In addi tion to Mr. Hyder's usual gift of ten score of meat to the poor of his neighbourhood, he has given directions to distri bute twenty tons of coals to the poor of the village of Whit stable.—Kent Herald. Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Batt., distributed two fat bullocks among other supplies for the labourers and poor of Bishop's Lydiard and its neighbourhood on Monday. Sir P. 13. Acland, Bart., of Fairfield, and Sir J. Slade, of Mansell, gave away large supplies of meat, bread, and po tatoes, to surrounding poor on Monday. Sir F. G. Cooper, Bart., of Barton Grange, gav e a w h ole bullock and a pro portionate quantity of bread to the poor of his vicinity on Monday. Mr. E. A. Sanford, M.P., Mr. W. Adair, Mr. C. K. K. Tynte, and Mr. E. J. Esdaile, largely supplied the poor of their respective neighbourhoods with acceptable benefactions on Monday. Mr. R. F. Beauchamp, of Wal ford-house, gave away to the poor of West Monkton, on Monday last, a fat ox, with a quantity of bread, according to the number of their families.—Taunton Courier. NUMIsmATic SOCIETY. — At the ordinary meeting held on Thursday evening in the rooms of the Royal Astro nomical Society,at S o merset-house ; Dr. Lee, the President, in the chair ; amongst various specimens exhibited were ex amples of the Coronation medal of the Emperor of Austria, in gold, silver, and bronze, as well as a larger medal struck at Milan on the same occasion, from H. W. Diamond, Esq. A letter was read from Mr. Wansley on some Roman moulds Li ng well-gate, in York s hi re , w hi c h were often cast rains from a sma ll r i vu l et, and supposed to have fuopu afternd been at ealy used ' in forgi ng co i ns , s i m il ar ones having been described by Camden as found near the same spot in his day. A paper was read from Mr. Sharp on the appearance of the symbol of the Eagle and Thunderbolt on the coins of Rome and Syria. The author satisfactorily proved that this was derived by the Romans from Egypt, and that they made use of it as an instance of their sway over that country, after which they carried it with them in their conquests in Syria. The next communication read was from Mr. Tudor, on the light afforded by coins in tracing the civilization of nations. After which the meeting adjourned. WAR,—The expense of a single campaign would be sufficient to endow a school in every parish in England and Ireland for ever.